Machine for printing words and figures on checks, dividend warrants, and the like



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nppncanonmea February e, 1925. serial No. 6,566.

To all 'whom it may` concern: l Be` it "known that I, JAMES HOWARD HoRNEn, a British subject, residing: at 10 Castleton Road, Upper WValthamstow, Lon.-4

don, 17, England, have invented certain new andv usefulV Improvements in or Relating to Machines'for Printing Words and Figures on Checks, Dividend Warrants, and

the like, of which the following is aispecii cation.

`This invention relates' tof-machines" `for` printing bothwords and figures and such as are employed `for writing cliecks",fclividend warrant-s and the like.

`In a general way the machines are' set by keys or, asl described inthespecification of myfapplication for Letters Patent Serial No. 663,480, by levers and the wordsrand figures areV arranged on two parallel rollers made froma number' ofindependently rotatable sections which are turned by the keys or levers vto present the correct words and figures to the platen upon which the check, i

dividend warrant or the equivalent is placed.

In a general way these two printing rollers are spaced apart a definite distance and it follows, therefore,that`if the words and figures are'to'be printed simultaneously the check yor other form on which` they are printed must have its lines or'spaces `for the words and figures appropriatelyspaced so that the printing is eifected in the correct' positions. This may ymean the printing of special forms yto suit the machinel and the one machine cannot be easily and quickly used for other forms which have the said spaces further apart or closer together.

According to the present invention I pro- `vide means whereby theplaten or roller carrying the paper to be printed can be shifted both vertically `andhorizontally sothat the printing of the words in one space can be I leffected and afterwards the printing ofthe figures in another space is done. The movements of the platen, `which is preferablya roller, can be limited by set screws or other known or convenient devices which when set yenable the operator to quickly and accurately shift the said roller from one position to another.v Instead of first printing thewords, the figures may be printed and the words may be impressed as the second print.

I may also provide, as hereinafter described, means for printing the figures twice part( of a 4machinefof any suitable kind say of the type lfirstlierein referred to and in4 which .two separate rollers one` bearing figures andthe other letters are employed for printing `on checksand other forms.

Fig. 2 is affront view'of thesameroller and hinged: `back fas seen from the front of` `the machine `although the body or frame of the machine would be right in front of the `said roller and hingedback.

'Fig Sshows the same parts view, that isas seen from the` side` of the .machine,` part of which is indicated at ar and has the frame pivoted to it at e.

Fig. 4lshows a detail connected with they printing rollers and whilst no part of lmy` invention is included forA the `purposeof making the operations clear.

In this `example thevroller 1 has a paper guard ory holder 3 and is furnished with set screws 4, 4 to limit itsendwise movements. The roller is carried in a frame 5 which has a dovetailed rib 6 which lits into l a groove in a carrier `7 provided with 'verti- `cal dovetail grooves 8 fitting over ribs9 on the frame 2. The rib 6 ypermits of the horizontal movements of the roller `and the ribs 9 permitthe vertical or rising and fallingl movements of the roller. The two vertical positions of the roller are shown in Figs.4 2 and 3 by full line and line and dot. Any

suitable means for holding the roller yin either position `may be employed andI show two spring controlled catches 10 adapted to be withdrawn by a lever llftopermit the roller to drop from the higher to the lower position, said catches having sloped under faces so that they will be automatically depressed when the roller is raised by hand and will re-engage the underside of the car-.

rier when it is lifted abovek them.

It will be understood that after the print-l ing rollers indicated at Z) and c are set and the paper to be printed upon has been placed on the roller 1, the frame 2 will be brought forward by the links and lever d, e and f 110 of the platen or roller i CTI -ures only are to be printed'the platen will be ,and will press the paper against the roller Z) and thus print the amount in words on the appropriate part of the paper, after which the lever 11 is moved to withdraw the catches 10 and the roller 1 will drop to the lower position for the printing of the amount v in figures the roller having been appropriately turned to bring the space for the figures intoposition. The positions for the printing are readily seen a short distance above the paper guard 3 in much the same manner as is common on typewriters. India rubber buffers are provided at 14, 14.

In Fig. 4 I show some of the sections of the figure rollers at c and have marked the figures 1214-10*6 on same as an imaginary amount for the purpose of showing how the roller 1 can'be lengthwise set to accept the printing in the proper place. Under the roller and mounted on the carrier 7 is a plunger 12 controlled by a light spring vand adapted to take into notches 13 in the carrier 5. These notches are sufficient to retain the roller in place but the spring can be easily overcome by intentional endwise movement of the roller.

IVhen four figures in the pounds column, say the 1214 above mentioned, are to be printed', the plunger will be in the end notch asshown. If three figmoved-one notch to the right, and so on, the particular advantage of' same being that the figures can beset close Yto the printed on the check or other form for them and vthe roller will be held in place when set.

For the purpose of printing on the stub or counterfoil the roller is moved le-ngthwise until the stub comes into position and the printing of the gures is then effected.

It must be understood that. any other suitable platen and not necessarily a roller may be employed and there are various ways in which it can be'raised and lowered or moved lengthwise;

IVhat I claim is :w

y1. A hand operated printing machine hav` ing a pivoted frame and a paten which is vertically movable on the frame.

2. A hand operated printing machine having a pivoted frame and a platen which is horizontally movable on the frame.

' A hand operated printing machine hav# ing a pivoted frame and a platen which is movable both vertically and horizontally on the frame.

4. A hand operated print-ing machine having a. pivoted fra-me and a. platen which is vertically and .rotatably movable on the frame.

5. A hand operatedprinting machine hav`- ing a. plvoted frame and a platen which 1s horizontally and rotatably movable on the frame.

.Y 6. A hand operated printing machine having a pivoted frame and a platen which is movable vertically, horizontally and rotatably onthe frame.- y

7. In a machine for printing variable amounts, say money values, in both words and figures and in which the type for same is arranged on two rollers, a platen of roller form, adapted to hold the paper on which the words and figures are to be printed, and

means whereby the platen may be caused to riseand fall and to be brought to the 1'e spective rollers successively.

-8. In a machine for printing variable amounts, say money values, in both words and figures and in which the type for same is -arranged on two rollers, a platen adapted to hold the paper on which the words and figures are to be printed, and means' whereby the platen may be caused to rise and fall and to be brought to the respective rollers successively.

'91 A printing machine having two parallel rollers each comprising a plurality of sections, the sections on one roller carrying lettersv and the sections on the other roller carrying figures, hand operated means for variably rotating the sections, a movable frame adjacent the rollers, a platen on the said frame, means for moving the platen vertically and means for moving the frame' so as to bring a paper on the platen against vone of the rollers, means for shifting the platen on the frame so that a second like movement of the frame will bring the paper on the platen against the other roller.

l 10. A machine for printing values in words and in figures in which the words and the figures are set by hand-operated means, such as levers or keys, adapted to actuate a plurality of sections in two rows, one row carrying letters and the other row carrying figures, said sections being mounted on parallel axes, a movable frame adjacent the sections, a platen mounted on the frame and means whereby the platen can be moved on the frame and 4held in any required position thereon and so that when the frame is moved a' paper on the platen can be brought first against either of the rows of sections and after the pla-ten is shifted, can by again moving the frame be brought against the other row of sections so that the required value can be printed first by one of the rows of sections and then by the other row ot' sections.

. 'In testimony whereof' I afiix my signature JAMES H. HORNER. 

